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Letters Patent No. 69,760, dated October 15, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HUB AND AXLE POR VBHILES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERNz' Be it known that I, D. M. BUCKIIOUT, .of Mount Kisco, in the county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved'.v Hub and Axle for Vehicles; and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying dra-wings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar` class, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.

This invention relates to a new and improved metallic hub and axle for vehicles, and it 'consistsin a novel construction of the hub, whereby the spokes maybe firmly secured in it, the hub allowed to turn on its axle with but little friction, and the wheel rendered capable of being adjusted at a greater or less distance apart, as may be desired, and other advantages obtained, as hereinafter set forth. In the accompanying sheetof drawings- Figure 1 is an outer or face viewof my invention', partlv in section, and with-i some of the internal parts removed.

Figure 2, a section of the same, taken inthe line w, fig. 1.

Figure 3, a. detached view of a part pertaining to the same. y

Figure 4, an outer lor face view of a portion ofthe hub, with the outer plate and nut removed, and sh'owing `one spoke inserted.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

-.A represents the arm upon which the hub turns. This arm is of square form, and tubular, and is fitted upon the axle B, .as shown clearly in fig. 2. The interior of the arm is of taper form, but the axle B, which is iitted within it, is et" uniform thickness. The outer end of the interior of the arm corresponds in dimensions to the axle, and the latter consequently fits snugly in the outer end of the arm, the innerl end of the latter being secured in position by set-screws a,.as shown clearly in iig. 2, and by adjusting these screws the draught of. the wheel may be regulated as desired. On the arm A there is a cylindrical collar, C, having a V-shaped flange,q D, extending entirely around it. This collar and -lange may be of steel; at least that would be the preferable material. This collar and'iiange are permanently secured on the arm, E represents the principal portion of the i hub, which is of cast iron, having a circular chamber, b, atits centre, in which a box, F, is placed, to work in contact with one side ofthe flange D. This box F is prevented from turning in the chamber bby having grooves c in its periphery, to receive ribs d on the inner surface of the chamber b, as shown in iig. 1. Within this same chamber b there isalso fitted another box, F', which works in contact with the other side of' the iiange D, and is prevented from ,turning within the chamber I; lby having grooves e in its periphery to receive the ribs d on the inner surface of the-chamber b. The portion of the part E of the hub, at the exterior of the chamber b, has a series of radial mortises,f, to receive the tenons of the spokes, and these tenons are secured in the mortises, or prevented from drawing out of them, by keys g, as shown clearly in fig. 4, 'and the spokes are braced by projections 7i, which extend out beyond the ends ofthe mortises-f. This part E ofthe hub, the chamber b, and the portion at its exterior, with the projections h, areall cast in one piece, a ange, z', at the rear of the Chambord serving as a bearing for the box F, both boXesF F rotating on the collar C.y The box F is retained in the chamber b, and the spokes clamped rmly in'position by a plate, Gr, which constitutes the other part of the hub, and is provided with an internal screw-thread to work on a screwcut on the periphery of the chamber b. This plate covers the tenons of the spokes, as shown in iig. 2. On the outer` part of the box F there is fitted a packing, j, and an oil-passage, k, is made in the part E, the orifice of said passage being closed by a plug, l.

From the above'description it will be seen that the spokes are independent of each other, and a broken spoke can be removed, and replaced by a newvone,iby simply unscrewing thelplate G, taking out the broken spoke, and slipping the new one in place. The hub will rotate with but little friction, owing to the rotation of the boxesl F F on the collar C and V-shaped iiange D. The wheel is also made to lrun steady or without wabbling, and without the possibility of running tl' the arm. The draught of the wheel, by adjusting the set-screws a,

may -be regulated as desired without any difliculty whatever. The distance between the wheels can beincreased;

or decreased at will by adjusting the arms'A a 'greater or less distance on the axle, and securing the arms by the set-screws. The vehicle can thus be made to track in any portion of the country. The/axle being square isstionger than a cylindrical" one, and as no heating is requiredin setting the axle, the 'temper will not be drawn, a contingency quite common in setting the common axles. The projections la prevent the spokes from dishing in the wrong direction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent- The castmeml hub provided with the circular chamber 11 and the mortisesf to receive the tenons of the spokes, tbe projections h and the plate G to screw on the periphery of the chamber I), in combination with the boxcs F F fitted within the chamber b, and the collar C, and Vslmpeil flnnge D, on the .".rm A, :'ll arranged substantially as shown and described.

I further claim the arm A` fitted on the axle B, and secured by set-screws a, substantiallyl :is shown :und described.

D. M. BUCKIUT.

Witnesses:

D. W. C. CARPENTER, M. W, FISH. 

